Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-08-12
TER GEU Gill
Albany svsning ] ournal.

West Indian Nero hant at a,iiolls
lad be was. He soon became popular
with the masters and boys. Strange
he should single me out from among
them all-a delicate. sickly boy and
stand my friend ever afterl I was
then q miserable, boy Of out his own
age, mourning the death Of my moIher.
Many were the talks We had, Itelling Of
her sweetness and goodness, he trying
to comfort me and speaking in LOVING
terms Of the mo ther he could but dim.
~ remember. Hugh had been but two
years in England when mis- father died,
leaving him q large fortune, alone ii
the world We had our fling at the
world together and were what is
termed rather wild. i came out all
right; but poor Hugh in some manner
got mixed up witha favorite ofthefoot,
lights onsiderab lily old ers i ian himself,
and-well, he married her. I did not
know it@until It was too late; then all
Icould do was to watch the disgust
creeping up int his fine face; disgust
with himself, with her, wit ii every
thing. She would lot leave the stage,
and at last, after a series OF disgrace
ful acts, she reached the climax and
ran ran away to Australia, and did not
go alone. .s..s ssss 4. s:
Then the boy. for he was little more
thansa boy, only %, reproached him
self with oeing the cause OF her mad
act, thinking bitterly that he had not
been kind enough to her, had shown
her perhaps too plainly the difference
in their stations; had let her see the
disgust her fast life had caused him to
feel. Well, I for ore was glad she had
gone; he was free and could begin life
over again, and when in time we heard
she was dead we thrust the remem-
brance OF her out Of our lives, and
Hugh became gay and lighthearted
once more. We had many friends
among the literary and dramatic men
about town, and Hugh grew as popu-
lar among them as in the old school
days. Still, was unprepared for the
next step he took-that OF going on
the stage himself. Why he should do
SO Iconld not make out. All ex-
PLANTATION he vouchsafed me was that
he was tired 81 leading an idle life,
and that the excitement of the
stage suited him. AS he counted
amongst his friends some OF the
brightest lights in the profession, and
all interested in him, OF course he got
on. About that time I had occasion
to go to the south Of France for my
health. spent three years travelling
around, then followed Hugh to Amer
lea, where he had gone to fulfill an en-.
gagement. / found the same old
Hugh, delighted to see me and a1Ithat,
yet missed something in his man
ner, somethingin his face. One thing
Noticed, after the first excitement OF
our meeting was over, that he was
more reserved and quiet in his man.
ner, and chat he treated his triumphs
IN this country, with q .gooi-natured
contempt, and there was a look in the
fine eyes that I could not fathom.
One night, att supper given in his
honor by q party Of actors, / sat at
table not much amused at the con-
versation, wondering what it was in
his face that puzzled me, as he sat
among us smiling in his lazy, quiet
way. Now and then the conversation
became louder, and would rouse me
from my thoughts. Some one is say
ing: do you remember around Edin-
burgh and Glasgo ", how the women
folks put on fur capes and cloaks the
moment it blows up cold, over their
thin summer dresses? could not
get used to it; it reminded me rather
of q linen duster trimmed in fur; but
now I think OF it, Harry was rather
down on everything. English, don't
yer know, weren't you, cid felloW?'
suppose there was some joke con-
nected with Harry's sojourn abroad
that was not aware of, for they all
seemed to enjoy it, and III the laugh
that followed / heard him prot
about never could like getting into
one car and being fred out Of that
and then locked up il another"
Here my thoughts wandered back
to my friend and the ndefnable
something in his manner, was glad
to hear ore of the party saying:
i Hugh, it is time to adjourn arly
Z o'clock, and 4 must have time to
dress. Il By the way, " hat do you
suppose / was told this afternoon BY
a forty fifth cousin? That i was sim
ply divine. Divine. my boy, in this
part. SO loo K to your laurels. !,
You divine! & jeered Hugh, good
naturally VeH, Isupposa we must
be moving. s5,. ..s.'
We all walked over to the square
togeth er, then separated, each going
to the theater Ii he was PLAYING in.
Hugh being ont OF the bill that week, ]
gladly acco ON panied him to his oonls.
arrived there we pr ceeded to make
ourselves 81 comic rtab Die. Z watched
him moving around the elegant room
inssmo skiing jacket! and slippers, look
ing for d couple of naeerschaums.
Il Hugh a a said sud denly, no " oni1er
won have made the success you have.
Ithink iii all my travels about / new
or saw q iiner-lo skiing man. = ! ssss
He stopped and loo ked Of me with
5agleam 81 laughter in his dark eyes,
and ii his lazy, 6t,aiett way q asked:
ssAre you on Ten tasa6 With those girl.
ish rhapsodi ohn y'' s$s1.3s
I vas silent. Sculd not explain
why / had epok 4nl 30 let sc pass.
Finding the pipe l, handed me one
and said: II; dear boy. ii
will bring ron down to earth again. !, =
\ ightin9 his own Ne sank into II
chair and cut thu wrapper Of mn Eng.
lish newspaper he had picked up ID
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